Watercolour Gardenias

Let’s start the week with another watercolour: gardenias this time, always from my balcony. I’m am literally fighting against the sad fate of this plant: here in Madrid the temperature is always...

My first handmade apron

So, I’ve got a sewing machine and I cannot stop experimenting with textiles and colours right now! This is a little project I started weeks ago, to make myself an apron. I used a very simple fabric...

Plants on my balcony

I admit I love my mother’s balcony & garden plants, so I’m kind of recreating my little green space here, in the middle of the city! Hierba buena, laurel and rosemery and I intend to buy basil and...

Vintage Travel Outfit

I started this watercolour before going to Malaysia and didn’t look at any picture for inspiration, I just imagined how I wished to be dressed, the period, the scene… A friend just told me it could...

Malaysia: a nostalgic return to Asia

Well, I’ve been kind of out of business lately, right? (I realize by this that I’m the worst blogger!) Back to the post, I wasn’t blogging or doing anything because…I was doing what I most love, I...

New project: Handmade Cushion!

I spent last week-end preparing and thinking about so many things for my sewing classes that I think I lost control, it’s like I have a new toy and I have to experiment with it till the last! I...

Before / After Project: Director’s chair restoration

A year ago, while walking on the street, I entered into a beautiful patio: there was a magic shop selling among plants different kinds of vintage furniture from all over the world. My heart stopped...

Handmade Red Spots Tote – another handmade extravaganza

This is my first totally handmade tote! I just bought a sewing machine, so I wanted to put it to use. I had this really simple fabric, so the first thing to do for me was a tote bag. I like this...

Yellow Happy Pattern

Hello there! This is an old pattern I once used in this post. I always look at it, since it’s on my wall, and everytime I see it, I can see a lot of objects covered with it. So, here’s the deal: I...

A bit of my story

Well, these are big news!! In this month edition of Yorokobu Magazine you can find a little bit of my creative story. Yorokobu is a spanish magazine, so I put some pics of the article here for...

Pink & Yellow Patterns

This is a pattern I really love – I made it one day, on a little paper, it was just a sketch, a note I took fo a beautiful drawing I saw somewhere. I really would like to use it one day. Actually,...

Thoughts on Business Cards

So, I needed some new business cards for myself. Honestly, I think I lost the others while I was moving from one apartment to the other… I thought about putting on some of my watercolour...

Watercolour Patterns on Cutlery

Basket Bicycle Watercolour #3

Aqua Pattern Mix

I really like this one, so I reused it to try some other pattern. Hope you like it! Serena

The making of a self-portrait

Watercolour Tshirt – Alpargatas on Twiggy

Watercolour Alpargatas Pattern

Watercolour Bicycle #2

Watercolour Tshirt – Testing on Kate Moss

I was looking for some good picture to try the watercolour on and I found this one with Kate Moss. I wanted to put the plant design somewhere in the shirt and I thought that this upside down...

Self-portrait

Self-portrait / Watercolour Studies on Ai

New Pattern Studies

I just wanted to try more ink patterns on cut out geometry Hope you like it! Serena

Watercolour Director Chair

And voila! A director chair;) I saw this chair in a shop, a while ago. It was a vintage forniture shop..and I was looking for inspiration, so I took a picture and now here it is. And it is finally...

Watercolour Bicycle

Me & the City – Fall uniform

Suddenly, I’m in love -again- with square shirts and blue jeans. Well, not always with boot though.. Well, yes, this is a kind of fall uniform – Ahh..fall, what a great season right? RIGHT?!...

Delighted Magazine

Take a look at the my little contribution for the fall issue of Delighted Magazine ! Thanks Amanda! Lots of interesting stuff in there Have a great WE! Serena

Me & the City – New Shoes

Yesterday I bought these shoes Have a great Sunday! Serena

New Fall-Inspired Pattern Studies

I’ve been trying to make different kind of patterns, as request by a friend who’s into furniture design. I cannot talk about the project right now, but I will, in the future So here I started with...

My watercolour universe – balcony plants

Well, the vase is not exactly like this, and the tablecloth neither..but, you know, I call it my watercolour universe for some reason, right?! So, now, I need your help, should I put a yellow...